What is the difference between oxycodone/acetaminophen and hydrocodone/acetaminophen?

27 Apr 2010

To the best of my knowledege, Oxycodone is the same as Oxycontin, and hyrdrocodone is the same as Vicodin, Oxycodone being far stronger for the pain than the Vicodin.
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Best of luck

30 Mar 2011

I know I am having the exact same problem misty.Where it is starting to hurt my stomach from the vicoden but the oxycodone still feels like it doesn't work as good as the vicoden.Keep us updated!!:)

5 Jan 2012

Oxycodone Acetaminophen according to my Rx bottle is generic for Percocet. As for what the active ingredient of "oxycodone" vs "hydrocodon" I don't know what they mean or what the differences are. I would like to know myself.

10 Mar 2012

oxycodone/acetaminophen is around 1.5 times stronger then hydrocodone/acetaminophen (depending on the dose). either one of them can upset someones stomach, just depends on the persons body chemistry.